Question: Which of the following organization has released the International Migrant Stock 2019 on September 17, 2019?
(a) Amnesty International
(b) Economic Intelligence Unit
(c) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(d) World Bank
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- The International Migrant Stock 2019, a dataset released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) on September 17 2019 provides the latest estimates of the number of international migrants by age, sex and origin for all countries and areas of the world.
- The estimates are based on official national statistics on the foreign-born or the foreign population obtained from population censuses, population registers or nationally representative surveys.
Major highlights of the report:
- The number of international migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million in 2019, an increase of 51 million since 2010.
- Currently, international migrants comprise 3.5 per cent of the global population, compared to 2.8 per cent in the year 2000.
- These data are critical for understanding the important role of migrants and migration in the development of both countries of origin and destination.
- In 2019, regionally, Europe hosts the largest number of international migrants (82 million), followed by Northern America (59 million) and Northern Africa and Western Asia (49 million).
- Around half of all international migrants reside in just 10 countries, with US having the largest number of international migrants (51 million) followed by Germany and Saudi Arabia (13 million each), Russian Federation (12 million), the United Kingdom (10 million), the United Arab Emirates (9 million), France, Canada and Australia (around 8 million each) and Italy (6 million).
- Concerning their place of birth, one-third of all international migrants originate from only ten countries, with India as the lead country of origin, accounting for about 18 million persons living abroad.
- Forced displacements across international borders continue to rise. Between 2010 and 2017, the global number of refugees and asylum seekers increased by about 13 million, accounting for close to a quarter of the increase in the number of all international migrants.
- Northern Africa and Western Asia hosted around 46 per cent of the global number of refugees and asylum seekers, followed by sub-Saharan Africa (21%).
- Turning to the gender composition, the share of women and girls in the global number of international migrants fell slightly, from 49 per cent in 2000 to 48 per cent in 2019.
- In terms of age, one out of every seven international migrants is below the age of 20 years.
India in the report:
- The number of Indians living abroad has risen from 66 lakh in 1990 to 175 lakh in 2019.
- There has been a consistent decline in the share of international migrants in India. International migrants make up just about 0.4% of India’s population, a decline from 0.9% in 1990 and almost all from neighbouring countries.
Links:
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/international-migrant-count-slopes-downward-in-india-6011407/ https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/international-migrant-stock-2019.html
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates19.asp
https://scroll.in/article/937865/175-lakh-indians-now-live-abroad-even-as-the-number-of-migrants-into-the-country-drops